Chapter 3 2

The enlightened Lin Xiaoxun undoubtedly hopes that his eldest son Lin Changmin will become an outstanding figure of the times, not to mention that Lin Changmin is talented and intelligent, and he is full of his father's high hopes.This young master, who was trained by the old government at a young age, was a scholar in the 23rd year of Guangxu.Later, he went to study abroad in Toyo twice, and finally graduated from Waseda University.Lin Changmin was cultivated by both Chinese and foreign cultures, and he made many friends in political circles, such as Inuyang Takeshi and Ozaki Yukio from Japan, Zhang Jian, Cen Chunxuan, Tang Hualong, Song Jiaoren from China, etc., all of whom were prominent in the political arena. society's grand ambitions.

Lin Changmin had the word Zongmeng, and most people at that time called him by that word.He married a concubine, Cheng Guilin, and loved her so much that she was named "Guilin Yizhishi Master".In his later years, two castania trees were planted in the courtyard, and he called himself "the old man with double castellations". Someone described Lin Changmin in this way. He "has a short body, but his brows are full of heroic hair. His appearance is thick and plump, his beard flutters, and his spirit is vigorous, and his speech is concise and powerful." (Xu Yishi's "Talking about Lin Changmin") Xu Zhimo described his eloquence in poetic language: "The swaying spit is full of epigrams and humor like a bud. At this time, recalling it is just like the sky and the sea far away." A little bit of aerial shadow." ("Injury to the Old Man of Double Cinnamon")

Nowadays, Lin Changmin is introduced as "Lin Huiyin's father", but when Lin Huiyin was mentioned back then, he was said to be "Lin Changmin's daughter".At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Lin Changmin was really an all-powerful and suave man.He participated in the constitutional movement when he returned from the East. In the first year of Xuantong, he was publicly elected as the secretary by the provincial advisory bureaus gathered in Shanghai. He organized petition comrades to ask the Qing Dynasty to convene a congress. Speaker, Secretary of the House of Representatives.In 1917, he joined the cabinet and served as the Chief Justice for more than three months. The period was very short but he was well-known for a time.Zhang Zhenfang, a warlord who supported Yuan Shikai's proclaiming himself emperor, bribed Lin Changmin with a huge sum of 100,000 yuan in order to seek an amnesty in order to avoid punishment.Lin Changmin categorically refused, and thus fell off the black yarn.He was very proud of his righteousness, so he wrote a free chapter called "Sir Kou in March".Lin Changmin worked with Liang Qichao as the Chief Justice, and Liang was the Chief Financial Officer.The two chief ministers are congenial and have joined hands to vigorously promote the constitutional government movement. They are the two pillars of the "research department" in the political arena.Zhang Shizhao admired Lin Changmin very much, and said Lin, "The strength lies in being good at understanding. Everything and everything, once you fall into the eyes of this gentleman, everything is in a daze. All in all, I have read many people about the secret of life, but Zongmeng can understand it most thoroughly. Therefore, Fan and Zongmeng Planning things never fails to tickle the itch, especially romance, which is really an angel." ("Jiayin Weekly") Lin Changmin himself often prides himself on his political talents, thinking that he will make great achievements.

On the occasion of the "Paris Peace Conference", Liang Qichao, who was in Paris, quickly informed Lin Changmin, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and director of affairs in China, by telegram that Japan would continue to enjoy the privilege of occupying Qingdao after Germany.Lin Changmin wrote a short article "Diplomatic Alert to the National People" overnight (the title is now rumored to be "Shandong is dead"), which was published in Beijing's "Morning News" on May 2. The purpose of disclosing this news was to alert the world, shouting "Jiaozhou is dead! Shandong is dead! The country is no longer a country!" The last call: "This is something that our people cannot recognize. The country will perish forever, and I hope that all 400,000 of us will swear to the death!" This short article became the fuse, and suddenly The patriotic fire of compatriots across the country was ignited, and the epoch-making "May 4th Movement" broke out on the third day.Lin Changmin's move has gone beyond personal ethics, and it is of great significance compared with his refusal to bribe 100,000 yuan.Like refusing bribes, he had to resign for this reason again. On the 25th of the same month, he resigned to President Xu Shichang as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee for just five months. The resignation letter was published in the "Morning News":

It's been five months since Changmin's Foreign Affairs Committee for Punishment. The committee looks up to advisers, and Chen Li is on the list, with relatively minor responsibilities.Since the first decision on a case, the State Council sent a telegram to the special envoy. Months later, the authorities suddenly had different opinions.Changmin is concurrently in charge of affairs and has nothing to do.He should have resigned early, but he was a family member of the President of Holland, and he was among the staff. It is unusual for a resident official to have a so-called resignation, so it has been postponed to this day.Today, Japanese Minister Yoshikichi Kobata sent an official document to me, asking questions about Changmin's position and remarks.The elders were angry at the failure of diplomacy and expressed their patriotic ignorance. The former once published a paper, saying that Shandong is dead and the country is not the country, and it is willing to unite 400,000 people to swear to die, inspiring the people to strive for survival.It's only right and proper, and one doesn't know what's wrong... If a foreign affairs commissioner should be tongue-tied in the face of diplomatic failure, what is the point?After hearing the cabinet discussion, he sent the original text of the Japanese envoy to Junzuo. The intention is that it is difficult for the government officials to deal with it, and it is impossible to thank the neighbors and build friendship?Changmin humiliated our president's knowledge and dared not rely on his government position, making it difficult for the authorities.I would like to share my feelings with you, and I beg the President to allow you to send the Foreign Affairs Commissioner and Director of Affairs as well as a mission, so that the whole country will be able to maintain diplomatic relations.

After that, Lin Changmin was sent to Europe to take part in the "League of Nations", and it was difficult to do anything in the political arena.The political ambitions were in vain, and the mood was very negative for a while.He said that he had not only tasted enough of political life, but was bored.So Lin Changmin, whom Hu Shi met, "has nothing to do except writing couplets and screens all day long." ("Complete Edition of Hu Shi's Diary") Lin Changmin is a failed hero, even if he fails, he is still a hero.He fought tirelessly for constitutional ideals, though he achieved little.There is no need to feel sorry for Lin Changmin. After struggle, life is naturally brilliant.The old version of "The Complete Works of Lu Xun" derogated him as a "politician", which inevitably wronged him.Perhaps he was indeed a politician, if the term was not pejorative.It was Premier Zhou Enlai who was fair and said that there are good people in the Beiyang government, and he was referring to Lin Changmin.

Lin Changmin has a famous poem "There is no land for all kinds of customs", which shows that he is like his father, not a pure bureaucrat.He is more temperamental than his father, and Xu Zhimo, whom he met in London, is also a lover, and the two immediately became confidants.Lin Changmin confided to Xu Zhimo his love affair with Japan in his youth, and Xu Zhimo based it on the novel "A Not Very Important Memories" (edited into the collection of novels and renamed "Spring Marks"): An unmarried Chinese student Yijun loves Chun Hen, a young female teacher who taught him foreign languages, was lingering but never married.Many years later, Yijun revisited Dongying as a celebrity, but the spring marks were faded, and she was a mistress, her charm was gone, and she couldn't tell her face from the past, dragging three children, chattering. "Yi's heart still retains the lovely image of Chunhen back then. But the image of the heart is just like the purple silk and gray thread in the dream. It's just like the light mist of the distant mountains. It's very faint. It is extremely subtle, as long as the buzzing of flies and mosquitoes can pierce, and as long as the fingertips of spring can pierce." ("Spring Scars") Those with spring scars are like spring dreams without traces.

When living in England, Lin Changmin and Xu Zhimo also played a word game of exchanging love letters.Lin Changmin played the married man Judong, and Xu Zhimo played the married young woman Zhong Zhao, and the fish and geese went back and forth, expressing their feelings.How many exchanges the two had with each other is now unknown. After Lin Changmin's death, Xu Zhimo only disclosed a letter from Judong to Zhongzhao.Xu Zhimo praised it as a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation: "At least it is more interesting, meaningful and even more valuable than the Great Constitution of the Republic of China written by him." It is indeed a fact of Lin Changmin's life, so it can be seen that the hypothetical game is not all fiction.Lin Changmin once printed personal letterheads, and the margin is "Zhou Dongzi", which adds another piece of evidence.As for the historian Gu Jie, who just happened to make some secrets, saying that Zhong Zhao was Xu Zihua, a widow and widow in Shimen, Zhejiang Province.

Talking about games is actually using it to build a strong chest. Soon Lin Changmin gave a serious speech "Love and Marriage" in Beijing's Higher Normal School, and made a shocking description of the power of love: "This power is not volley, it It is produced from the lacking entities of male and female constructed by the Creator. It is just because of the world’s false psychology, false knowledge, and false language that their truth has been drowned out.” The end of the speech is: Most of you are normal students. In the future, you will have the responsibility to educate the society. I hope you will spread the word so that the young men and women of our country, and even countless young men and women in the future, will be placed one by one in a place of extreme happiness, extreme durability, extreme harmony, and extreme happiness. On the plain, sincere social foundation, we are benefiting them today.As for the issue of marriage, it is also very important to the social and economic situation and the property system.Many young men and women in the world are also in the sea of ​​suffering, that is another problem.The ideals established are not to achieve the economic system, the great revolution in the property system, and when it is a great success, the problems of love and marriage cannot be resolved satisfactorily.What I'm talking about today is the current emergency method. "Food and sex are also", I hope you will study it boldly.

This passage suffices to show that those who jokingly called Lin Changmin "everyone in love" at that time, if they used a sarcastic and frivolous tone, really misunderstood this pioneer of civilization and morality.